EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you head out the door.
1. #CRC: It’s been a day of revelations about the financial goings-on at the CRC as former boss Brian Conlan appeared before the Public Accounts Committee. Conlan said that one-time boss Paul Kiely received a retirement payout of €473,000 – more than double what he had previously told TDs.
2. #DISPUTE: Union members at Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority are to vote on industrial action over the ongoing pensions dispute, amid claims that employers have failed to engage in meaningful discussions.
3. #MISSING: Police in Scotland are searching for a 3-year-old boy who has gone missing from his home in Edinburgh. Mikaeel Kular was last seen when he was put to bed last night but was gone from the house this morning. A Child Rescue Alert has been issued to help in the search.
4. #ABUSE: Top Vatican officials have been grilled today by the UN’s child rights watchdog about child abuse in the Catholic Church. The representatives said that the Vatican is committed to stamping out sexual abuse by the clergy.
5. #RIP: British actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known for playing Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, has died at the age of 69. He had been ill with pancreatic cancer.
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